Jacketed can.



W.'A. SEXTON.

JACKETED CAN.

APPLICATION FILED APRJS, 1914.

1 1 22,43 1 Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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WILLIAI /I A. SEXTON, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

JACKETED CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2a, 1914.

Application filed April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,756.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SEX'roN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jacketed Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cylindrical sheet metal cans for shipping purposes, the sheet metal bottom of the can being protected by a fiat circular jacket portion, and the cylindrical sheet metal body of the can being protected by a cylindrical jacket portion.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved construction which enables the jacket portions to be securely supported and connected with the can, and which also provides a convenient hand grip adapted to be grasped by the operator when the can is to be tipped to pour its contents.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a can embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a bottom View of the can, Fig. 3 represents a section on line 83 of Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

In the drawings, 12 represents the sheet metal body of the can, the upper end of which may be suitably connected with a breast 13 having a spout 14.

15 represents the sheet metal bottom of the can, said bottom having a downwardly projecting annular flange 16 substantially perpendicular to the bottom, the bottom and the flange forming a recess for the reception of a circular jacket portion 17, which may be a disk of wood. The lower end portion of the body 12 and the outer edge portion of the flange 16 are rolled outwardly and interlocked, as shown by Fig. 3, to form a beaded seam 18 projecting below the can bottom and below the jacket portion 17, and outwardly from the periphery of the body.

20 represents an annular lip having a downwardly projecting marginal flange 21 a portion of which is substantially perpendicular to the lip. Said flange is formed to fit closely within the bottom flange 16, the lip 20 bearing on the under side of the jacket member 17. The lower portion of the lip flange 21 is rolled outwardly across the lower edge of the seam 18, upwardly across the outer side of said seam, and inwardly across the upper edge of the seam. This operation securely interlocks the flange 21 with the seam, so that the flange holds the lip 20 firmly in place. The lip flange 21, and the beaded seam 18 form an annular hand grip which is rounded in cross section and has an inwardly facing surface portion lmmediately below the lip 20 and substantially perpendicular thereto, an outwardly facing surface portion bearing on the seam 18, and a rounded intermediate surface portion connecting said inwardly and outwardly facing portions. The hand grip thus formed presents smooth curved surfaces adapted to be grasped by the operators hand without liability of injury, the depth of the inwardly facing portion being such that it affords an adequate rest for the fingers, the outwardly facing portion forming a rest for the thumb. The width of the flanges l6 and 21 is such that inthe completed can each flange has a portion which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the can and projects below the bottom and below the jacket portion 17 and lip 20 far enough to protect the lip and prevent it from being bent or distorted by contact with external objects. The location of the seam 18 below the can bottom and below the jacket portion 17 enables the perpendicular portion of the flange 16 to rigidly support the perpendicular portion of the flange 21 against displacement. The hand grip formed as described constitutes a stop which bears on the lower end of a cylindrical wooden jacket portion 19. The flange 21 is narrower than the flangelfi, so that in the completed can the outer edge of the flange 21, which is rolled inwardly toward the body 12 abuts against the latter. The sheet metal bottom 15, jacket portion 17, and confining lip or ring 20, may be assembled before attachment to the body, and secured as one part and by one operation to the body, the flange 21 of the confining lip being rolled with the flange 16 and the end of the can body by the usual seaming mechanism. It will be noted that the seam which unites the flanges l6 and 21 with the body 12 is located well below the plane of the bottom 15. By this arrangement the lower edge of jacket 19 extends below the plane of the top face of jacket 17, so that the latter acts asa reintorce tending to strengthen jacket 19 to resist bloWs thereagainst.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A jacketed can comprising a cylindrical sheet metal body, a sheet metal bottom having an annular flange fitting Within said body, a Hat jacket covering the outer face of said bottom, a sheet metal lip retaining said jacket in position and provided with an annular flange, the flanges of said bottom and said lip and the lower edge of said body being folded into engagement to unite the parts and to form an annular exterior abutment, the edge of the flange of said lip abut- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ting against the Wall of said body, a cylindrical jacket portion encircling said body, and resting upon said abutment, the lower edge of said cylindrical jacket extending below the plane of the top of said flat jacket, whereby the latter reinforces the former, and means independent of the folded portions for retaining said cylindrical jacket in position.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SEXTON. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, P. WV. PEZZETTI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C. 

